Learn To Tell Time
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Girl's Time Teachers 
Boy's Time Teachers
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A good starting point is just to use their watch as a piece of jewellery, getting them to understand which way around it goes, what each number represents and what each hand does.
It is always a good idea to start your Childs appreciation of time, this can be done with books and stories, The Grouchy Ladybug
Things like Tea Time, Bed Time and School Time.
Also, try giving your child something to look forward to that can have a time measure put to it.
For instance a favourite television program starting in half an hour, or a friend arriving in 10 minutes.
When your child is beginning to appreciate the time throughout the day, the numbers on his watch face will make a little more sense.
It would be good to start with a Time Teaching Watch, as it is designed with two coloured dials to help teach children how to learn to tell time.
The short hand of these watches point to the inner dials, which displays the hours and the minute hand points to the specially designed two coloured outer dial.
The yellow half of the dial displays to time in minutes ‘PAST’ the hour, whilst the green half of the dial displays the number of minutes ‘TO’ the hour.
Start by explaining how the watch measures time. To begin with explain what the second hand does, watch and count to 60 with your child as it makes one trip around the face. Talk about tasks that take seconds to do. Time yourself and your child doing these activities. These might include brushing your teeth, or putting your shoes on.
Follow this lesson with an explanation of the minute hand, explain that every time the second hand makes one full trip around the face, the minute hand moves forward one small number. Time yourselves again doing activities that take minutes to perform. And then start to expand by counting minutes in fives, tens, fifteens, and thirties.
Next the hour hand, follow the same steps in your explanation and time thing in hours, like going on a trip or watching their favourite movie, move this forward until your child has an appreciation of 12 hours.
 
Girl's Disney Watches
Boy's Disney Watches
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Finally, teach your child that the hour hand travels around the face twice each day;
The first time the hour hand moves around measures morning, and...
The second time it goes round measures the afternoon.
Show them when the day begins and by lunchtime, half the day is over.
Recommended Learn To Tell Time Watches, Books And Games
The following are my recommended learn to tell time watches, books and games, just click on the pictures to find out more.
If you don’t find what you need here, check out this selection of Kids Watches
Also, take a look at these learn to tell time toys and games
Telling Time with Big Mama Cat
 
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Featuring a clock with movable plastic hands shows through the die-cut cover, and folds out so readers can move the clock hands to the times cited in the book.
The handsome illustrations capture expressions and poses that will be familiar to cat lovers. |
Teach Me Time Talking Alarm Clock And Game
 
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Teach me Time! is the educational bedside clock that advances as your child grows.
Teach me Time! interactive, talking game helps school age kids learn to tell time on both anaolg and digital clocks. The game is designed to create a dialog between you and your child about time, keeping you involved in the learning process. |
Timex Kids' Time Teacher Flowers
 
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Learn to tell time with the Timex Time Teacher watch, which features labeled and color-differentiated hour and minute hands, and a color differentiated dial with "to" and "past" markings.
This watch features a small flower that rotates around the dial with the hands and a comfortable elastic fabric strap with pink flowers against a purple base. |
Disney Kids' Cars Time Teacher
 
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Disney Time Teller Watch lets your little one keep track of time with their favorite Disney Character.
This watch features a polished metal watch case with numbered hour markings and labeled 'hour' and 'minute' hands. |
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